Boughton v. Boughton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: As a general rule, the amount and duration of maintenance are matters committed to the sound discretion of the trial court (see, Shew v Shew, 193 AD2d 1142, 1143; Wilner v Wilner, 192 AD2d 524, 525). Nevertheless, "[i]n determining questions of maintenance, the authority of this Court is as broad as that of the trial court” (Marino v Marino, 229 AD2d 971, 972, citing Baumgart v Baumgart, 199 AD2d 1049, 1049-1050). In fashioning a fair and equitable maintenance award,…
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